diff --git a/.ci/ci-configure.sh b/.ci/ci-configure.sh
index 8aebe8a78e..e7bf7255bb 100755
--- a/.ci/ci-configure.sh
+++ b/.ci/ci-configure.sh
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ if [ "$DISTRO" != "" ] ; then
   travis_fold autoreconf autoreconf
   docker exec --env MAKEFLAGS="-j5 -rR" --env EIO_MONITOR_POLL=1 --env CC="ccache gcc" \
     --env CXX="ccache g++" --env CFLAGS="-fdirectives-only" --env CXXFLAGS="-fdirectives-only" \
-    $(cat $HOME/cid) sh -c "autoreconf -iv"
+    --env LD="ld.gold" $(cat $HOME/cid) sh -c "autoreconf -iv"
   travis_endfold autoreconf
   travis_fold configure "configure $OPTS"
   docker exec --env MAKEFLAGS="-j5 -rR" --env EIO_MONITOR_POLL=1 --env CC="ccache gcc" \
     --env CXX="ccache g++" --env CFLAGS="-fdirectives-only" --env CXXFLAGS="-fdirectives-only" \
-    $(cat $HOME/cid) sh -c "./configure $OPTS"
+    --env LD="ld.gold" $(cat $HOME/cid) sh -c "./configure $OPTS"
   travis_endfold configure
 else
   OSX_COPTS="--disable-cxx-bindings --with-tests=regular -C"
diff --git a/.ci/ci-make-distcheck.sh b/.ci/ci-make-distcheck.sh
index c79c397470..c5b2d9750c 100755
--- a/.ci/ci-make-distcheck.sh
+++ b/.ci/ci-make-distcheck.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ if [ "$DISTRO" != "" ] ; then
   docker exec --env MAKEFLAGS="-j5 -rR" --env EIO_MONITOR_POLL=1 --env CC="ccache gcc" \
     --env CXX="ccache g++" \
     --env CFLAGS="-fdirectives-only" --env CXXFLAGS="-fdirectives-only" \
-    $(cat $HOME/cid) make distcheck || (sudo cat efl-*/_build/sub/src/test-suite.log; false)
+    --env LD="ld.gold" $(cat $HOME/cid) make distcheck || \
+    (sudo cat efl-*/_build/sub/src/test-suite.log; false)
 else
   export PATH="/usr/local/opt/ccache/libexec:$(brew --prefix gettext)/bin:$PATH"
   make